662 GESNERIACEH. XXIV 
21 C. nun1GINOsA (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 32.) stem erect, 
4-angled, bristly in the young parts; leaves opposite, petiolate, 
obovate-lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated; the nerves 
pilose on the lower surfaces; peduncles axillary, fascicled, 1- 
flowered, and, like the calyxes, clothed with clammy pili. h . S. 
Native of Sumatra. Bracteas linear, acute. Corolla of a dusky 
purple colour, pilose outside: lower lip of 3 small shallow 
lobes: upper lip bifid, shorter. Stigma bluntly bilabiate. 
Berry cylindrical. Sterile filaments 2. 
Rusty Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 
22 C. sutca‘ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 770.) stem erect, tetragonal, 
furrowed above, clothed with brown tomentum ; leaves opposite, 
petiolate, oblong, long-acuminated, unequally narrowed at the 
base, unequally and sharply serrated at top, smoothish above, 
but rather villous on the nerves beneath; fascicles of flowers 
almost sessile, axillary, bracteate. b. S. Native of Java, on 
Mount Megamendung. Corolla dirty purple: upper lip 2- 
lobed : lower one larger and 3-lobed. Sterile filaments 8, 
small. 
Var. P; leaves larger; flowers white. 
Java, on the Seribu mountains. 
Furrowed Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 
23 C. wEMoROsA (Blum. bijdr. p. 771.) stem erect, tetra- 
gonal, downy at top; leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong, acu- 
minated, obliquely attenuated at the base, unequally and deeply 
serrated, rather downy on the veins on both surfaces ; fascicles 
of flowers pedunculate. h. S. Native of Java, in groves. 
Calyx sub-bilabiate: lower lip bifid: upper trifid. Corolla 
bilabiate : upper lip emarginate, brown: lower lip 3-lobed, 
and larger, dirty white, and brownish in the throat. The fertile 
filaments are thickened at top; and the middle one of the 3 
sterile shortest. 
Grove Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 
24 C. nosrnA' ra (Blum. bijdr. 771.) stem almost terete, 
erectish ; superior leaves alternate, those opposed being very 
small, petiolate, oblong, beaked, unequally attenuated at the 
base, and unequally and sharply serrated at top, glabrous above, 
but rather villous on the ribs beneath; fascicles of flowers 
pedunculate, axillary. 5. S. Native of Java, in woods on the 
Seribu mountains, and on mount Salak. Corolla dirty purple, 
rather villous outside, sub-bilabiate, with a gibbous throat. 
Sterile filaments 3. Nearly allied to C. nemorósa and C. sul- 
cata. 
Var. (9; flowers purple and white. h. S. 
Beaked-leaved Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 
25 C. rzAvE'sceNs (Blum. bijdr. p. 772.) stem terete, erect- 
ish ; leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at 
both ends, unequally and remotely serrated, downy on the veins 
beneath ; flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile. h.S. Na- 
tive of the Island of Nusze-Kambanga, in humid places among 
bushes. Corolla sulphur-coloured, funnel-shaped, bilabiate, 
rather villous outside. Sterile filaments 2, minute. 
Yellowish-Howered Cyrtandra. Shrub small. : 
26 C.coccíNEA (Blum. bijdr. p. 772.) stem erect, tetra- 
gonal; leaves opposite, on long petioles, oblong, acuminated, 
glandularly serrated, oblique at the base, having the ribs for the 
most part blood-coloured beneath, smooth ; fascicles of flowers 
pedunculate, axillary, umbellate. ^5. S. Native of Java, in 
woods in the interior. Calyx ventricose, 5-cleft, sub-bilabiate. 
Corolla somewhat bilabiate, scarlet, sometimes whitish-brown. 
Sterile filaments 3, minute. Berry elongated, beaked. 
Scarlet-flowered Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 
27 C. Cerx’sica (Blum. bijdr. p. 772.) stem erect, tetra- 
gonal; leaves opposite, on long petioles, elliptic-oblong, acu- 
minated, unequally attenuated at the base, crenulated, glabrous, 
h. S. Native of 
. CyrTANDRA. 
XXV. Wama. 
but clothed with cobwebbed down while young; fascicles of 
flowers panicled, axillary. 5. S. Native of the Celebes, in 
woods. Allied to C. coccinea, from which it differs in the 
fascicles of flowers being panicled. 
Celebes Cyrtandra. Shrub small. 
28 C. cra’xvis (Blum. bijdr. p. 773.) stem erect, nearly 
terete; leaves opposite, on long petioles, elliptic-ovate, acute, 
sometimes obliquely cordate at the base, doubly and glandularly 
serrated, sometimes tomentose beneath on the nerves and veins; 
fascicles of flowers pedunculate, axillary, involucrated ; invo- 
lucrum bifid. h.S. Native of Java, in the higher woods on 
mounts Gede and Salak. 
Var. B; leaves deeply serrated. R.S. 
Great Cyrtandra.  Shrub.. 
29 C. arBore'scens (Blum. bijdr. p. 773.) stem erect, tetra- 
gonal; leaves large, opposite, elliptic-oblong, running into the 
petioles at the base, unequally toothed, smooth above, but 
rather tomentose beneath ; heads of flowers pedunculate, invo- 
lucrated ; involucrum large, foliaceous, bifid. ^5. S. Native 
of Java, in the province of Tjangor, on the mountains, in humid 
parts of woods. 
Arborescent Cyrtandra, Shrub. 
30 C. cunga‘ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 773.) stem erect, tetragonal ; 
leaves opposite, the one smaller than the other, petiolate, cune- _ 
ate-oblong, acuminated, obsoletely denticulated at top, smoothish 
above, but rather strigose on the veins beneath ; umbels axil- 
lary, on long peduncles. .S. Native of the Moluccas. 
Cuneate-leaved Cyrtandra. Shrub. 
31 C. rrute’scens (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. $1.) stem 
erect; leaves opposite, lanceolate, serrated, glabrous, petiolate ; 
peduncles axillary, generally 3-flowered, not so long as the 
petioles. h.S. Native of Sumatra. Leaves 7-9 inches long. 
Bracteas linear at the base of the pedicels. Calycine segments 
subulate. Corolla purplish: lower lip longer, 3-lobed ; lobes 
shallow. Sterile filaments 2. Stigma dilated, sub-bilabiate, 
Berry cylindrical: lobes of the dissepiment revolute, and semi- 
niferous on their whole surfaces, like most of the other species 
in this section. 
Shrubby Cyrtandra. Shrub. ; 
Cult. For culture and propagation of the herbaceous species 
see Streptocárpus, p. 658, and for the shrubby species see Ryti- 
dophýllum, p. 550. 
XXV. WHITIA (evidently dedicated to some person of 
ei x of White, of whom we know nothing-) Blum. bijdr. 
p. 774. 
Lin. syst. Diándria, Monogyjnia. Calyx small, deeply 5- 
cleft, equal. Corolla funnel-shaped, having the tube widene 
upwards; limb 5-lobed, irregular, sub-bilabiate. Stamens 5, 2 
of which are antheriferous and hardly exserted, and the other 3 
setaceous and sterile. Cells of anthers unequal in the insertion. 
Stigma somewhat funnel-shaped. Fruit baccate, silique-formed : 
lobes of dissepiment fleshy, and bearing the seeds on their revo- 
lute edges. Seeds naked, striated, surrounded by thin pulp.— 
Climbing shrubs, with opposite, simple, entire, oblique leaves; 
those opposed to each other of unequal size. Fascicles of flow- 
ers axillary, bracteate, on short peduncles. This genus differs 
from Cyrtándra, in the calyx being small, and divided nearly to 
the base, not tubular; in the stamens being exserted, not in- 
closed ; in the insertion of the anthers being unequal, not paral- 
M in the stigma being funnel-shaped, not capitate nor emargi- 
nate. 
1 W. ogronciròra (Blum. bijdr. p. 774.) leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, glabrous; fascicles of flowers on short peduncles; brac- 
